‘Bachelorette’ producers say contestant lied about sexual misconduct

‘Bachelorette’ producers say contestant lied about sexual misconduct

Regardless of conducting a background examine, producers from “The Bachelorette” say that they had no thought about the assault and battery prices leveled towards one in all its contestants, Lincoln Adim.

“Nobody on ‘The Bachelorette’ manufacturing had any information about the incident or prices when Lincoln Adim was forged, and he himself denied ever having engaged in or having been charged with any sexual misconduct,” Warner Bros. informed Web page Six in an announcement.

It was revealed on Wednesday that Adim was convicted of indecent assault and battery in Could ensuing from a 2016 incident in Boston. Adim groped and assaulted an grownup feminine on a harbor cruise ship early on Could 30, 2016, based on an announcement from the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, District Legal professional’s Workplace.

Filming for this season of “The Bachelorette” started after the 2016 incident, however earlier than Adim’s conviction just a few weeks in the past.

“We make use of a well-respected and extremely skilled third social gathering who has executed hundreds of background checks in step with trade requirements to do a nationwide background examine on this case,” Warner Bros. mentioned. “The report we acquired didn’t reference any incident or cost referring to the latest conviction — or another prices referring to sexual misconduct. We’re presently investigating why the report didn’t comprise this info, which we’ll share when we have now it.”

Adim stays a contestant on the present, however ABC eliminated images of him from the community’s press web site after information of the conviction broke.

This season of “The Bachelorette” already has been rife with controversy, as one other contestant got here beneath hearth for liking controversial Instagram posts that mocked the LGBTQ neighborhood and undocumented immigrants. He later apologized but additionally stays a contestant vying for Becca Kufrin’s coronary heart.